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ESP C++
Released 2000
The ESP package contains the source code for the Enforced Sup-Populations system written in C++. ESP is an extension to the SANE algorithm that segregates the neurons into sub-populations, one for each hidden unit in the networks being evolved. This allows neuron specializations to form more rapidly through constrained mating and enables the system to evolve recurrent networks. This package applies ESP to a non-Markov version of the double pole balancing problem. This is a difficult control task that requires short-term memory. For more details on ESP and/or the double pole system, see this paper on ESP or others found under Neuroevolution Methods and Applications.
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People
Faustino Gomez
Postdoctoral Alumni
tino [at] idsia ch
Projects
Learning Navigation for Personal Satellite Assistant using Neuroevolution
Since 2004
Diverse Behavior in Teams of Homogeneous Agents
2001 - 2007
Cooperative Coevolution of Multi-Agent Systems
2000 - 2007
Solving Non-Markov Control Tasks
1996 - 2006
Controlling a Finless Rocket Through Neuroevolution
2002 - 2003
Publications
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Neuroevolution: Harnessing Creativity in AI Model Design
Sebastian Risi, David Ha, Yujin Tang, Risto Miikkulainen
To Appear In , Cambridge, MA, 2025. MIT Press.
2025
Neuroevolution Insights Into Biological Neural Computation
Risto Miikkulainen
To Appear In
Science
, 2024.
2024
Neuroevolution
Risto Miikkulainen
In Dinh Phung, Claude Sammut and Geoffrey I. Webb, editors,
Encyclopedia of Machine Learning and ...
2022
IJCNN-2013 Tutorial on Evolution of Neural Networks
Risto Miikkulainen
To Appear In 2013. Tutorial slides..
2013
Multiagent Learning through Neuroevolution
Risto Miikkulainen, Eliana Feasley, Leif Johnson, Igor Karpov, Padmini Rajagopalan, Aditya Rawal, an...
In J. Liu et al., editors,
Advances in Computational Intelligence
, LNCS 7311, 24-46, Berlin, ...
2012
Coevolution of Role-Based Cooperation in Multi-Agent Systems
Chern Han Yong and Risto Miikkulainen
IEEE Transactions on Autonomous Mental Development
, 1:170--186, 2010.
2010
Neuroevolution
Risto Miikkulainen
In
Encyclopedia of Machine Learning
, New York, 2010. Springer.
2010
Coevolution of Role-Based Cooperation in Multi-Agent Systems
Chern Han Yong and Risto Miikkulainen
Technical Report AI07-338, Department of Computer Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 2007.
2007
Computational Intelligence in Games
Risto Miikkulainen, Bobby D. Bryant, Ryan Cornelius, Igor V. Karpov, Kenneth O. Stanley, and Chern H...
In Gary Y. Yen and David B. Fogel, editors,
Computational Intelligence: Principles and Practice<...
2006
Active Guidance for a Finless Rocket Using Neuroevolution
Faustino J. Gomez and Risto Miikkulainen
In
Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference
, 2084-2095, San Francis...
2003
Robust Non-Linear Control through Neuroevolution
Faustino J. Gomez
PhD Thesis, Department of Computer Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 2003.
2003
Utilizing Domain Knowledge in Neuroevolution
James Fan, Raymond Lau, and Risto Miikkulainen
Proceedings of the Twentieth International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML-03, Was...
2003
A Neuroevolution Method For Dynamic Resource Allocation On A Chip Multiprocessor
Faustino J. Gomez, Doug Burger, and Risto Miikkulainen
In
Proceedings of the {INNS-IEEE} International Joint Conference on Neural Networks
, 2355-23...
2001
Solving Non-Markovian Control Tasks With Neuroevolution
Faustino J. Gomez and Risto Miikkulainen
In
Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence
, 1356-1361, S...
1999
2-D Pole Balancing With Recurrent Evolutionary Networks
Faustino Gomez and Risto Miikkulainen
In
Proceedings of the International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks (ICANN-98)
, 425-...
1998
Incremental Evolution Of Complex General Behavior
Faustino Gomez and Risto Miikkulainen
Adaptive Behavior
(5):317-342, 1997.
1997
Demos
Evolving Cooperation in Multiagent Systems
Chern Yong
2007
Adaptive Teams of Agents in the Legion II game
Bobby Bryant
2006
Finless Rocket Control
Faustino Gomez
2003
Double Pole Balancing with ESP
Faustino Gomez
1999
Areas of Interest
Neuroevolution
Robotics
Artificial Life